Home Accents

Designer Nicholai Wiig Hansen drew inspiration for his bright Raawii Str’ Bowl (2016) from still lifes by Danish modernist artist Vilhelm Lundstr’, evoking the vibrant color palette found in much of Lundstr”s work. Handmade using a slip-cast technique, it marries refined simplicity with everyday functionality. Made in Portugal.

Based in Milan, Stories of Italy is a design studio that uses time-honored techniques to create beautifully crafted modern objects. Their Nougat Collection resulted from experiments reusing pieces of Murano blown glass, resulting in one-of-a-kind bowls, vases, and glasses that feature a mix of transparent colored shards against an opaque white background. Made in Italy.

Alexander Girard was the director of design for Herman Miller’s textile division from 1952 to 1973. He was asked to add an element of ‘aesthetic functionalism’ to Herman Miller’s first open-plan office system, called Action Office. He responded with more than 40 images for Environmental Enrichment Panels (1972), which are now available as quality, high-resolution…

This desk calendar was designed to be modular, flexible, and to be used perpetually. Its clever date, month, and numeral cards are fixed to a central pivot, hide discreetly in the calendar’s arm, and can be fanned out to display the correct date. Italian designer is Enzo Mari is known for encouraging unlikely forms of…

Shaped from gently smoothed maple wood, L’Oiseau (2011) conjures the sculptural clarity of the wooden objects of Nordic folk art. This sleek little bird adds a natural organic note to modern interiors without being too cute or kitschy. It can’t fly, but since few people can resist picking it up, you’ll find it moves around…

The Spindle Clock (1957) is one of more than 150 clocks designed by George Nelson Associates for the Howard Miller Clock Company, which sold them from 1949 into the 1980s. Nelson Associates, first launched as a studio by George Nelson in 1947 in New York City, employed some of the most celebrated designers of the…

For more than two decades, Jenifer Green and her team at Greentree Home have been making candles in the foothills of the Catskills Mountains. Everything they make is 100% pure beeswax, a material they choose because it burns cleanly, gives off a subtle sweet scent, and produces a luminous glow. Their Josee Pillar Candle is…